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Movie Theaters Are Back! Were They Ever Gone?

Jon Patricof | Posted 05.21.2012

Jon Patricof

At the end of 2011, many media analysts were predicting the demise of movie theaters, but the reality is this: the movie theater exhibition business really doesn't look to be in that much trouble.

Movie Review: To the Arctic

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.20.2012

Marshall Fine

To the Arctic, like the cable series Frozen Planet, provides a precious historical record. At some point in the future, films like this will provide the only visual record of polar bears, caribou and other Arctic fauna that will eventually disappear.

2 Space Shuttle Cameras Coming To National Air And Space Museum

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.04.2012

WASHINGTON — IMAX Corp. is donating its first cameras used to film aboard the space shuttle to the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum i...

Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Dan Persons | Posted 02.25.2012

Dan Persons

What says Christmas Spirit more than nuclear holocaust, life-or-death chases in an automated car park, and scaling the world's tallest building? Maybe that's why Paramount scheduled the release of Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol for this most festive of seasons.

Review: Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol Is a Thrilling and Ingenious Action Film

Scott Mendelson | Posted 02.16.2012

Scott Mendelson

Noted quibbles aside, Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol is a splendidly exciting piece of mainstream entertainment. It is a dazzling action picture that genuinely impresses.

Smithsonian Dinosaur Movie Lawsuit Hinges On Missing $225,000

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.29.2011

WASHINGTON -- Dinosaurs are wreaking havoc in the nation's capital, thanks in part, perhaps, to shoddy bookkeeping by the Smithsonian Institution. ...

Movie Review: Puss In Boots Is A Master-class in Doing 3D 'Right'

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

What could have been a cheap and easy spin-off is instead a surprisingly engaging and richly constructed adventure film.

Kenya Gets Subsaharan Africa's Only IMAX

Posted 12.19.2011

The IMAX Corporation is opening a digital theater in Nairobi, Kenya, with hopes for "greater opportunities in the region," they announced in a press r...

Weekend Box Office: Real Steel Wins Over the Kids, While Ides of March Does the 'Clooney Average'

Scott Mendelson | Posted 12.09.2011

Scott Mendelson

There were two major releases this weekend, and both of them more-or-less did what was expected of them. Disney/Dreamworks unleashed the robot-boxing/father-son drama Real Steel, which easily topped the weekend.

HuffPost Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.14.2011

Scott Mendelson

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II is a very good film in the franchise, and a very good fantasy film in its own right. It is worth our attention and our praise.

Weekend Box Office: Transformers 3 Tops Again, Horrible Bosses Opens Well While Zookeeper Opens (Relatively) Soft

Scott Mendelson | Posted 09.09.2011

Scott Mendelson

The Autobots and Decepticons ruled the box office yet again, as the Middle East-occupation parable grossed another $47 million over the weekend.

Weekend Box Office: Super 8 Opens With $37m, X-Men: First Class Performs JUST Like X-Men, Midnight In Paris Nears $15m

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.12.2011

Scott Mendelson

Super 8 made me nostalgic for a lot of things this weekend. It made me nostalgic for the days when $50 million was a big budget and when movies had their biggest single night on Saturday of their opening weekend.

Is 3D Dying or Just Leveling Off?

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.03.2011

Scott Mendelson

About 18 months after Avatar turned everyone into a 3D fanatic, the 'cool' factor is wearing off, as audiences are realizing that most 3D isn't going to blow their minds or take them to another world of immersion.

Weekend Box Office: Pirates 4 Grosses $90m, Bridesmaids Holds Strong, Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris Astonishes in Limited Bow

Scott Mendelson | Posted 07.22.2011

Scott Mendelson

It's too soon to predict that Bridesmaids will come close to the $175 million total of There's Something About Mary, but it's pretty much guaranteed that the funniest film of 2011 will make it to $100 million.

Huff Post Review: Thor

Scott Mendelson | Posted 07.04.2011

Scott Mendelson

Despite Marvel and Paramount's best marketing efforts to convince otherwise, Kenneth Branagh's Thor is a perfectly satisfactory piece of popcorn entertainment.

HuffPost Review: The Green Hornet (2011)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

In an age where every comic book adaptation and/or superhero adventure story sets out to be the biggest, most explosive, most fx-filled, most fantastical epic ever made, this new adventure keeps the proceedings down to earth.

Spine-tingling"Spiderman"--for All the Wrong Reasons

Melanie Chartoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Melanie Chartoff

As "Spiderman" the Spectacle careens toward its opening, despite costly delays, a cacophony of controversies, serious human and technical mishaps and ...

Narnia 3 and Depp/Jolie Vehicle The Tourist Flop, The Fighter and Black Swan Excel in Limited Release: Weekend Box Office (12/12/10).

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

It was a gruesome weekend for wide releases, as two sure-fire openers underperformed, which frankly ought to make Disney very nervous for next weekend.

Weekend Box Office: Shrek 4 Wins Again, While Four New Openers Fail to Break Out

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

The film may have opened with 58% of the third film's $121 million opening weekend grosses, but Shrek: The Final Chapter is proving to be more resilient than many, including myself, predicted.

Will 3-D Kill the Indie Film?

Jeff Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Steele

indie films are competing for distribution and exhibition screens with big budget studio movies and those movies are benefiting from nifty advances in technology; primarily, innovations in 3-D.

AVATAR -- Time Is Running Out

Aaron Harber | Posted 05.25.2011

Aaron Harber

Cameron is like a good sports referee. If he or she is doing a good job, you don't notice the referee. It's when a referee makes a mistake that he or she becomes most noticeable.

Studios Battle Over 3-D Screens: Are There Enough For 'Dragon,' 'Titans,' 'Alice?'

LA Times | Richard Verrier and Ben Fritz | Posted 05.25.2011

Paramount Pictures is using high-pressure tactics against theaters to book DreamWorks Animation's upcoming big-budget 3-D film, "How to Train Your Dra...

Iron Man 2 Grosses $128.1 Million in Debut Weekend

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

Iron Man 2 has grossed $133.6 million, currently the fourth-largest opening weekend on record.

Discovery Readies 3D Network for Launch This Year, CEO Tells Beet.TV (video)

Daisy Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011

Daisy Whitney

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Rumor Finally Becomes Fact: Iron Man 2 to Open in IMAX

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Scott Mendelson

IMAX has finally confirmed that Jon Favreau's Iron Man sequel will be debuting on May 7th in both regular 35mm and IMAX formats.